CANOGA PERKINS 9145E NID Software Version 3.0 - Manual (Page 3)

Preface 9145E NID Software User’s Manual
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About the Manual
This manual provides instructions on the configuration and operation of the 9145E Network
Interface Device (NID) Version 3.0 software. The 9145E NID can be managed through the VT-
100 terminal using the RS-232 serial port, through an Ethernet connection using a Telnet terminal
emulation program, or using SNMP.
How this Manual is Organized
This document contains both information and procedures organized in roughly chronological
order. Starting from an introduction to the 9145E software, it continues with system requirements,
initial implementation, and continued operation.
The document includes the following components:
• Chapter 1, Introduction to the 9145E Software provides basic information about the soft-
ware and navigation.
• Chapter 2, Getting started describes how to set up and get started using the 9145E.
• Chapter 3, System Configuration describes how to configure the 9145E management
features.
• Chapter 4, Diagnostics describes how to configure and perform routine network diagnos-
tics.
• Chapter 5, Port Information describes the User port, Network port, Multipurpose port, and
the Management UTP port.
• Chapter 6, System Alarm & Logs describes how to configure System Alarms and System
Logs.
• Chapter 7, Utilities describes various system utilities.
• Chapter 8, Software Upgrade describes how to upgrade the NID software.
• Chapter 9, Link OAM describes the Operations, Administration, and Maintenance func-
tions, such as remote fault indication and remote loopback control, as specified by the
IEEE 802.3ah standard.
• Chapter 10, Class of Service Configuration describes how the customer can enable or
disable CoS support which includes classification, queuing, scheduling and queue man-
agement functions for the 9145E in the ingress or egress direction.
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